JAYANT NATH, J.

Caveat No.654/2017

Since respondent is represented through counsel, caveat stands discharged.

IA No.8111/2017 (exemption)

Exemption allowed subject to all just exceptions.

Application stands disposed of.

O.M.P. (COMM) 266/2017

1. This petition is filed under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking to impugn the Award passed by the learned Arbitrator dated 1.4.2017. Some of the relevant facts as per the petition are that the petitioner awarded a contract for supply of trained manpower to the respondent to handle activities such as travel handling of passengers, embarkation and disembarkation of passengers, loading, unloading of baggage etc for the flights of the helicopters of the petitioner to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine from Katra-Sanjhi Chhat-Katra vide agreement dated 24th September 2009 for the period 1.11.2008 to 31.10.2010.

2. The contract is said to have been extended from 1.11.2010 to 30.6.2011. A fresh contract was given to the respondent vide agreement dated 1.10.2011. We are concerned with this agreement in this petition. As per this contract the respondent was to charge a fee of Rs.5.90 lacs per month and was to supply 25 number o